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H.R. 3401 (111th)

Improving Assistance to Domestic and Sexual Violence Victims Act of 2009

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Introduced

30 July 2009

Last action

19 August 2009 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Sponsors

Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25], Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2], Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5], Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38], Rep. Holden, Tim [D-PA-17], Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3], Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI], Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21], Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD], Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12], Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18], Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4], Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7], Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3], Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1], Rep. Edwards, Donna F. [D-MD-4], Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2], Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10], Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12], Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5], Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18], Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9], Rep. Brown-Waite, Ginny [R-FL-5], Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2], Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53], Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9], Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-46], Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1], Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-27], Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2], Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25], Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7], Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI], Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40], Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7], Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4], Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11], Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1], Rep. Carnahan, Russ [D-MO-3], Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1], Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32], Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12], Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8], Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4], Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7], Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13]

Subjects

Housing, Immigration

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10 January 2026

Housing · Immigration

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Summary

Improving Assistance to Domestic and Sexual Violence Victims Act of 2009 - Amends the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 to: (1) amend certain definitions, grant conditions relating to confidential information, and matching fund requirements under such Act; (2) expand the role of the national resource center on workplace responses to domestic violence to require information and assistance to victim service providers and other community-based organizations and coalitions; and (3) expand requirements for providing culturally and linguistically specific services to domestic and sexual violence victims. Amends grant provisions under the violence against women program of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to: (1) impose limits on Internet publication of protection order information in domestic violence cases; (2) exempt victims of dating violence from certain costs for criminal proceedings and protection orders; (3) provide for sexual assault forensic medical personnel examiners to collect and preserve evidence in sexual assault cases; and (4) expand grant purposes to include HIV, hepatitis, and sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment for victims of sexual assault. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act and the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to expand visa eligibility for aliens who are victims of domestic violence and sex trafficking. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980 to permit certain aliens lawfully present in the United States to qualify for low-income housing assistance.

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Timeline

  1. 30 July 2009

    Introduced

    Referred to House Judiciary

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 30 July 2009

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 30 July 2009

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 30 July 2009

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 19 August 2009

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

    Source: Committee

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